Tom Rodriguez’s father passes away

BY JOAN LEARY

Tom Rodriguez’s talent manager Popoy Caritativo confirmed on social media that the actor’s father passed away in the US.

“Mr. William Albert ‘Bill’ Mott Sr. has passed away Saturday, 1:00 PM Arizona, USA time. Tom flew to the United States last March 17 to be with his family and was by his father's side during his last moments. We would like to ask for prayers for the Mott family at this very sad time,” the talent manager wrote in his post.

A post shared by popoycaritativo (@popoycaritativo) on Mar 25, 2017 at 4:05pm PDT

On Tom’s Instagram account, he shared a photo of painted cowboy hats as his father had a passion for this and was also fond of riding horses. The former Pinoy Big Brother housemate’s supporters flooded the comments section with their condolences.